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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Obesity

Obesity current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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February 2025

Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss

Anti-obesity medication in the management of children and adolescents with obesity

Association of sleep duration with obesity in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Discrimination and stigma associated with obesity: a Comparative study between Spain and Egypt

Effects of intermittent fasting and caloric restriction on inflammatory biomarkers in individuals with obesity/overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Identifying behavior change techniques (BCTs) in responsive feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity—a systematic review

The impact of behavioral weight management interventions on eating behavior traits in children with overweight or obesity: systematic review and meta-analysis

Implementation effectiveness of an antenatal lifestyle intervention to optimize gestational weight gain in women with obesity

Interventions for the prevention of weight gain during festive and holiday periods in children and adults: a systematic review

Investigating the multifactorial correlation between obesity and rheumatoid arthritis: a study of immunological and biochemical markers

Long-term change in BMI for children with obesity treated in family-centered lifestyle interventions

Longer-term effects of intermittent fasting on body composition and cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England

Potential pathways to the onset and development of eating disorders in people with overweight and obesity: a scoping review

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents with obesity

The prognostic role of food addiction for weight loss treatment outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychological attributes and eating behaviors in 5- to 12-year-old children during periods of stress

Psychological well-being and the reversal of childhood overweight and obesity in the UK

A review on drug repurposing applicable to obesity

Siesta behavior and genetics interact to influence obesity risk

Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school‐based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco or alcohol use (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Twelve-month analysis of real-world evidence from a telehealth obesity-treatment provider using antiobesity medications

Sources

Clinical Endocrinology (Jan); Cochrane Library (Dec); Geriatrics and Gerontology International (Dec); Nature (Nov); Obesity (Dec-Jan); Obesity Facts (Dec); Obesity Medicine (Dec); Obesity Reviews (Jan-Feb)

December 2024

Addressing disparities: a systematic review of digital health equity for adolescent obesity prevention and management interventions

Association of adverse childhood experiences and overweight or obesity in adolescents

The association of higher offspring early-childhood weight gain with prepregnancy metabolic and bariatric surgery

Community-based diet and obesity-related policy, system, and environmental interventions for obesity prevention during the first 1000 days: a scoping review

Early changes in the gut microbiota are associated with weight outcomes over 2 years following metabolic and bariatric surgery

The effects of acute exercise on food intake and appetite in adolescents with and without obesity

Efficacy of lifestyle interventions to treat pediatric obesity

Facilitators and barriers to healthful eating among adolescents in high-income countries

Gender differences in adherence and retention in Mediterranean diet interventions with a weight-loss outcome

How effective are church-based weight-loss interventions among Black adults? A systematic review

Impact of eating behavior on 24-month weight change after treatment of severe obesity

Leptin is a potential biomarker of childhood obesity and an indicator of the effectiveness of weight-loss interventions

Long-term effects of a primary weight gain prevention intervention among healthy weight obesity susceptible children: results from the Healthy Start Study

Neurologic complications after bariatric surgery: an integrative review of the literature with case report

Obesity treatment in adolescents and adults in the era of personalized medicine

Semaglutide vs tirzepatide for weight loss in adults with overweight or obesity

Sestrin2 at the crossroads of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: a comprehensive review

Sex differences in the secular change in waist circumference relative to BMI in five countries from 1997 to 2020

A systematic review and meta-analysis of loss-of-control eating in relation to cardiometabolic health components and inflammatory markers

The utility of obesity polygenic risk scores from research to clinical practice: a review

The vices and virtues of medical models of obesity

Sources

JAMA Internal Medicine (Sep); Journal of Internal Medicine (Aug); Obesity (Oct-Nov); Obesity Facts (Oct); Obesity Medicine (Oct); Obesity Reviews (Nov-Dec)

October 2024

Adoption of telemedicine for obesity treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic achieved comparable outcomes to in-person visits

Adult obesity treatment and prevention: a trans-agency commentary on the research landscape, gaps, and future opportunities

Approach to obesity treatment in primary care

The association between excess weight and COVID-19 outcomes

Association between preconception body mass index and fertility in adult female

Association between ultraprocessed food consumption and excess adiposity in children and adolescents

Comparative analysis of mortality rates among morbidly obese individuals: a study of patients undergoing bariatric surgery, nonsurgical morbidly obese individuals, and the general population

EASL-EASD-EASO clinical practice guidelines on the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)

Effective medical treatment of obesity among immigrant women in primary care

Effects of bariatric surgery on muscle strength and quality

Effects of bariatric surgery on sexual function and fertility

Efficacy of low carbohydrate ketogenic diet in weight management

Exploring factors of adherence to weight loss interventions in population with overweight/obesity

Global prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents

Glucagon-like receptor-1 agonists for obesity: weight loss outcomes, tolerability, side effects, and risks

Holistic modelling as a catalyst for effective obesity policy (BMJ analysis)

Medication and supplement pharmacokinetic changes following bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Medications for obesity: a review (JAMA review)

Nutrition and exercise: cornerstones of health with emphasis on obesity and type 2 diabetes management—a narrative review

Nutritional considerations with antiobesity medications

Obesity- and diet-induced plasticity in systems that control eating and energy balance

Obesity in adolescents: a review (JAMA review)

Obesity in adults (Lancet seminar)

The role of gut microbiota in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease pathogenesis

A systematic review and meta-analysis combining adolescent and adult data to evaluate weight loss and the effect of age following the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

A systematic review on the applicability of cell-free DNA level as an obesity biomarker

Which components of behavioral weight management programs are essential for weight loss in people living with obesity? A rapid review of systematic reviews

Sources

BMJ, The (Sep); JAMA (Aug-Sep); JAMA Internal Medicine (Jul); JAMA Pediatrics (Aug); Lancet, The (Sep); Obesity (Aug-Sep); Obesity Facts (Aug); Obesity Medicine (Aug-Sep); Obesity Pillars (Dec); Obesity Reviews (Aug-Oct)

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